A man was attempting to turn in some ammunition, which included the cannonball, when concerns arose that it may still be active.
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Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Old Town man sentenced to 3 years for child pornography
Matthew Podlaski, 40, was also sentenced to 5 years of supervised release and ordered to pay $58,000 in restitution.
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Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Lewiston shooter may have planned to ambush former co-workers in lot where his body was found
State police released a new document that suggests the gunman ‘would have known’ that there were no cameras in the overflow parking lot at Maine Recycling Corp., where he had worked.
Posted inMaine, News
Police search for Fort Fairfield man missing since Thursday
Edward Bolstridge, 68, disappeared in the Presque Isle and Westfield area last week. Police say he has memory issues and MS.
Posted inMaine, News
Harrington man killed in crash on Kennebec River Bridge
Police say Jed Carpenter was traveling south on Interstate 95 in Benton on Saturday night when he lost control of his 2006 Ford Econoline.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Bowdoinham Community School to partially close building after finding asbestos
Small amounts were found in the original section of the building, which was built in the 1950s. The district said detected levels are ‘extremely low.’
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
UMaine System plans to move ahead with sale of Hutchinson Center to church
System officials say that considering the Belfast evangelical group’s religious affiliation could amount to illegal discrimination.
Posted inMaine, News
Portland landlords paying tenants more than $16,000 to settle retaliation case
The landlords of the Sawyer Street apartment admit no fault and the city won’t go to court to collect an $8,700 fine imposed by the rent board that has been accruing at $200 a day since June 3.
Posted inElection 2024, Maine, News, Politics
Gov. Janet Mills tells ‘Veep’ star Julia Louis-Dreyfus that Harris can ‘call on us’
The ‘Seinfeld’ actor hosted Maine’s governor and the nation’s 7 other female Democratic governors for a panel discussion on the value and role of women in politics.
Posted inMaine, News
West Nile virus found in crows in Yarmouth, 2 other communities
At least 10 animals have been reported with the disease in Maine so far this year – more than twice as many as reported last year.